Congregation Sinai and Congregation Shir Hadash are excited to collaborate on a Musician in Residence Weekend on March 27 – 29, 2025 featuring Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz. The weekend will include davening, singing, learning, and a Saturday night concert full of soul-igniting melodies and ethereal harmonies.
All events other than the concert will take place at Congregation Sinai. The Saturday night concert will be held at Congregation Shir Hadash. All events are free of charge with the exception of the Friday night dinner, which requires advance reservations.
This special Musical Scholar in Residence Program is made possible through generous sponsorships by Jewish Silicon Valley, Joe and Beth Green, and the Shir Hadash MacKintosh Visiting Musical Artist Endowment.
Thursday, March 27
7:00 pm Tefila Workshop (Sinai)
Friday, March 28
6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz (Sinai)
7:30 pm Catered Shabbat Dinner (Sinai) – By reservation
8:45 pm Nigun Circle (Sinai)
Saturday, March 29
9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz (Sinai)
8:30 pm Havdalah and Concert (Shir Hadash)
Sunday, March 30
To extend the weekend, sign up for the Hadar West Rising Song Immersive (Chochmat HaLev)
Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
serves the Hadar Institute as Director of Tefillah and Music, supporting communities and individuals who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer. An artist and composer, she has collaborated on over two dozen albums of new Jewish music with treasured colleagues, including two albums of her own original music: The Narrow and the Expanse (2020) and Yetzira (2023).